Noah H Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Hello all, I hope everyone is staying warm wherever they are at. Weather is pretty nasty here. I braved the cold and worked on my car a little before spring and leaving for college. I am exited to be attending Mcpherson, KS to continue working to keep our passion rolling Being involved in the 4 year Automotive Restoration working on Model Ts to Duesenbergs, they are one of the best in the nation. I have some questions concerning mufflers and transmission parts. To start, My muffler is completely roached, It is time to replace. The flathead 6 has been overhauled to bone stock and I would like to get a good sound out of it. Being a teen loudness does not bother me. In fact I want to lean towards a more aggressive deep sound. But one I can still hear a conversation while I am driving or not waking the town up on a late night cruise. Any help, opinions, insight would be greatly appreciated. Not looking for dual exhaust at this time. My transmission also started making a whining noise while depressing the pedal. I have replaced the throw out bearing 2 years ago and to my surprise when I dropped the trans and found out the the bearing was hard, stiff and had lots of play, I was disappointed. How might one go about this problem? Surely a throw out bearing should last more than a year. Thank you Noah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Roberts Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Noah , The word is out that the throw out bearings that are coming in from Asia are junk . Also if you don't have any free play on the bearing , it is going to spin all of the time and wear out very fast . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 My suggestion on a muffler is to look at muffler sound videos on YouTube and listen to them. I will be shortly going thru my exhaust and plan to run a Dynomax Super Turbo muffler. I like the sound of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dartgame Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Look for a bearing that uses a design called angular contact. As to which manufacturer, try talking with the companies making clutches. I believe the TO bearings used in the old cars like ours are similar to the muscle car era mopars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desoto1939 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) I have attached a copy of a page from the federal throwout bearing and refer to the list. If you do a search on ebay you might find the correct bearing and assembly. Buy NOS and I say old made USA parts not the newere jap and Chineese parts aftermarket they do not last. Just click on the attachment there are 2 pages of data. Hope this helps. rich Hartung Desoto1939@aol.com Federal Clutch thow out bearing.docx Edited January 24, 2020 by desoto1939 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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